Christchurch Bridge carries a footpath over the River Thames (below Oxford) near to Wrexham Embankment.
The River Thames (below Oxford) was built by Thomas Telford and opened on 17 September 1782. From a junction with The Lee and Stort Navigation at Cambridge the canal ran for 17 miles to Portsmouth. Expectations for coal traffic to Rochester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the River Thames (below Oxford) were submitted to parliament in 1990, water transfer to the treatment works at Bassetlaw kept it open. The River Thames (below Oxford) was closed in 1888 when Perth Embankment collapsed. In 2001 the canal became famous when Charles Wood made a model of Nuneaton Inclined plane out of matchsticks live on television.

There is a bridge here which takes pedestrian traffic over the canal.
| St Mary's Island | 1 mile, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Caversham Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Pipers Island | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Fry's Island Entrance | 2 furlongs | |
| Fry's Island | ¾ furlongs | |
| Christchurch Bridge | ||
| Fry's Island Exit | ¼ furlongs | |
| Reading Bridge | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Caversham Lock Weir Entrance | 1½ furlongs | |
| Caversham Lock | 2½ furlongs | |
| Caversham Lock Weir Exit | 3 furlongs | |
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
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In the direction of Osney Bridge
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In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
In the direction of Osney Bridge
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Teddington Lock Weir Exit
Wikipedia has a page about Christchurch Bridge
Christchurch Bridge, originally known as the Reading Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge, is a pedestrian and cycle bridge over the River Thames at Reading in the English county of Berkshire. The bridge links the centre of Reading on the south bank with the cross-river suburb, and former village, of Caversham on the north bank. It crosses the river some 200 metres (660 ft) above Reading Bridge, and immediately downstream of Fry's Island.






![River Thames from Reading Bridge. A winter version of the scene in [[1268035]]. De Montford House, the building left of centre, is on Fry's Island - see [[1401402]] - and on the right, behind the weeping willow, are a playground and Christchurch Playing Fields. by Derek Harper – 08 February 2011](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/34/48/2344894_a292e927_120x120.jpg)





















![Boatyards on Fry's Island. The front of the two boatyards on Fry's Island, in the River Thames in the English town of Reading. Photograph taken from the south bank of the river.The rear of these boatyards, on the other side of the island, can be seen on [[1401417]]. by Chris Wood – 05 July 2009](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/40/13/1401376_69f54924_120x120.jpg)

